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Third Trimester

Chapter 22 - Earth's Resources Quiz --> May 25
  • Things to Know
    • Natural Resources
      • Renewable and Nonrenewable
    • Environment Problems
      • On Land, Water, and Air
    • Cutting Down on Waste
      • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Chapter 21 Ecology Test --> Wednesday May 11

Things to Know
  • Ecosystems
  • Biosphere
  • Biotic Factors
  • Abiotic Factors
  • Organizing Ecosystems
    • populations
    • communities
    • limiting factors
    • Niche
    • Habitat
  • Food Chains
  • Food Webs
  • Producers, consumers, decomposers

Be Able to
  • explain how food chains and food webs work
  • identify biotic and abiotic factors in pictures
  • give examples of ecosystems around you
Chapter 13 Oceans Test --> Friday April 15
Study Guide
Chapter 13 – Oceans
Grade 6
    • Vocabulary
      • Chemosynthesis
      • consumers
      • decomposers
      • density current
      • ecosystem
      • food chain
      • nekton
      • photosynthesis
      • plankton
      • producers
      • salinity
      • surface currents
      • thermocline
      • tide
      • upwelling
      • waves

      Concepts to Know
      • Ecosystems – producers, consumers, decomposers
      • Ocean Life – plankton, nekton, bottom dwellers
      • Tides – high, low, neap, spring
      • Parts of a wave
      • Ocean elements and gases
      • Explain how/why California waters are colder than Carolina waters
      • Ocean temperature and pressure how/why it varies
      • How to find atm water pressure


Climate and Climate Change Test --> March 18
  • Things to Know
    • Climate and Weather
    • Sun's Energy and Climate
      • Latitude
      • Water Cycle
    • Earth's Features and Climate
      • Topography
      • Elevation
    • Bodies of Water and Climate
    • Three Climate Zones
      • Temperate
      • Polar
      • Tropical
    • Natural Causes of Climate Change
      • Tectonic Plates
      • Particles in Atmosphere
      • Sun Cycles
      • El Nino and La Nina
      • Ice Ages
    • Humans Affect Climate Change
      • Greenhouse Effect
      • Fossil Fuels
      • Deforestation
    • Effects on Atmosphere
    • Climate Predictions
    • Reducing your Impact on Earth